Being Invested

In this episode of Being Invested , I sit down with Monica Brand Engel , Co-Founder of Quona Capital, to discuss the intersection of capital, technology, and social/financial inclusion. Monica shares her journey from the early days of microfinance to leading one of the world’s premier emerging market fintech funds. She’s based in Washington, DC, but her thinking and work is truly global. We dive i...

Hello and welcome to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. For Ep2 of Season 2 we have something really special, finishing off the year strong.   I’ve chosen and carefully wrapped up a conversation with one of the most influential investors in the world, Lee Spelman, JP Morgan’s chair of global equities. Now advising on trillions of dollars...

Welcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. I’m your host, Susannah Nicklin, and I’m hugely excited to launch Series 2 of the podcast with today’s episode.   For Series 2, I’m taking you on a trip across The Pond. We will meet US-based investors who have lived fascinating lives, sharing hard-won lessons and insights from their own...

Welcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. My guest today is the brilliant and indomitable Diana Noble. We talk about how motivation changes everything, how success can vary at different life stages, how going to Harvard for an executive MBA gave her the confidence to step into leadership, and what it takes to go from investor to...

Welcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. My guest this time is Nick Kirrage, co-head of the Global Value Team at Schroders, and it’s a really fun conversation.   Nick is one of those people who takes on difficult things with a light touch. He has a contagious enthusiasm and openness about how human emotion – his own included – c...

Welcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. For our first podcast of 2024, I am joined by a true pioneer – Michele Giddens, one of the ‘founding parents’ of impact investment globally and Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Bridges Fund Management. Our conversation goes deep, exploring how shyness as a child cultivated a purposeful orientation to...

Welcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. This is a holiday treat … taking us to snowy peaks and flying through a fascinating career from top-level skiing to the prizes of early-stage business building. My guest for this episode is Andrew Noble, our first Olympic athlete on the  podcast. Andrew was an Alpine skiier for Team...

Welcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. My guest for Episode 8 is Mike Reid, founder and senior partner of Frog Capital, based in London and investing across Europe. We get into critical, thorny and transformational aspects of scale-up investing, emphasising effective processes and human interactions as the engines of great returns....

Welcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. Today’s episode with my brilliant guest Robin Hindle Fisher packs a punch: it’s a story about the power of self-belief and tenacity, bold lifelong learning and reinvention, and how great investment firms need leaders who know how to invest, and how to lead. I have known Robin since he became t...

Welcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. We take a fun, fascinating summertime detour in Episode 6, for a conversation with one of the world's top investment coaches, Lawrence Evans. We all know the value of coaches in sport and other walks of life. But like me, you may not have heard of an investment coach - they are not standing by...

Welcome back to Being Invested. In this absorbing Ep5, I'm joined by Marine Mallinson, datatech business-builder, cross-cultural navigator, status quo questioner and now an investor in mental healthcare innovations. Marine's story starts in Western France and takes us on a journey of bold adventuring, and then returning with powerful focus to what is most meaningful and essential. She reflect...

Welcome back to Being Invested. I’m excited to bring you Ep 4, with private equity powerhouse Wol Kolade. We explore the fascinating terrains of his life - what it was like to be the only black student in an all-white boarding school, the experience of hitting rock bottom early in his career and envisioning a solution, and the ‘let’s do it’ impetus behind the 10,000 Interns Foundation. You’ll hear...

Welcome back to Being Invested. I am really excited to bring you Ep 3, with Ella Hoxha. You have ahead an hour of brilliant gems of life observations, and we explore Ella's finely honed, reflective investment process - with relevance beyond financial markets. She has managed global fixed income for over 20 years, alongside cultivating her passion for ideas, literature, wine and art. We chat about...

Welcome back to Being Invested. Thank you for joining me for another fascinating, personal conversation with a skilled investor. I'm so glad you have tuned in. My guest today is Jeremy Biggs. Jerry is the founder and CEO of NCL, a UK investment management firm investing in high growth, pioneering healthcare companies. But Jerry was not always an investor, and his journey to running a venture capit...

I am thrilled to launch Being Invested with my first guest, Alex Ivanova. The aim of this podcast is to bring to life the people behind the markets. I'm so glad you have tuned in. Alex is the perfect guest to start us off. Her journey to a life in a town along the Thames, managing $10bn in bond portfolios for Invesco, speaking five languages, starting a non-profit, and raising two children with he...